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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
Jean de La Fontaine
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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
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French Moralist
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Chateau-Thierry
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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